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Chippewa River

River in Wisconsin, read from 6 USGS gauges, draining about 9,010 square miles. Figures refresh every fifteen minutes.

Discharge

2,360

cfs · 47 min ago

Normal for today

4,880

cfs median, 98 yrs

Water temp

—

not measured here

Gage height

2.00

ft

Below normal for the date48% of medianUSGS gauge 05369500
Thirty-day mean discharge · 2,400–3,320 cfsdashed line: today’s long-term median

Gauges on this water

Reading by reach

StationFlowTempUpdated
CHIPPEWA RIVER AT DURAND, WI053695002,360 cfs—47 min ago
CHIPPEWA R AT GRAND AVE AT EAU CLAIRE, WI053668001,290 cfs—47 min ago
CHIPPEWA RIVER BELOW DELLS DAM AT EAU CLAIRE, WI053655501,060 cfs—47 min ago

Reading the number

On this date the gauge has averaged 4,880 cfs over 98 years of record, with the middle half of years falling between 3,640 and 8,510 cfs. Today is below that band: lower, clearer and, in summer, warmer water than a typical October day here.

Regional hatch calendar

What is likely hatching near Chippewa River

Chippewa River does not have its own verified chart yet. This calendar is combined from the verified charts on Namekagon River (25 mi), Bois Brule River (54 mi), Wolf River (122 mi). Treat it as regional timing, and file a report if you see something different here.

Month-by-month insect activity for Chippewa River
InsectJFMAMJJASOND
Blue-Winged OliveJanuary: absentFebruary: absentMarch: activeApril: peakMay: activeJune: activeJuly: absentAugust: absentSeptember: peakOctober: activeNovember: absentDecember: absent
Brown DrakeJanuary: absentFebruary: absentMarch: absentApril: absentMay: absentJune: peakJuly: absentAugust: absentSeptember: absentOctober: absentNovember: absentDecember: absent
HendricksonJanuary: absentFebruary: absentMarch: absentApril: peakMay: peakJune: absentJuly: absentAugust: absentSeptember: absentOctober: absentNovember: absentDecember: absent
HexJanuary: absentFebruary: absentMarch: absentApril: absentMay: absentJune: peakJuly: peakAugust: absentSeptember: absentOctober: absentNovember: absentDecember: absent
IsonychiaJanuary: absentFebruary: absentMarch: absentApril: absentMay: absentJune: activeJuly: peakAugust: activeSeptember: absentOctober: absentNovember: absentDecember: absent
March BrownJanuary: absentFebruary: absentMarch: absentApril: absentMay: activeJune: peakJuly: absentAugust: absentSeptember: absentOctober: absentNovember: absentDecember: absent
SulphurJanuary: absentFebruary: absentMarch: absentApril: absentMay: peakJune: activeJuly: absentAugust: absentSeptember: absentOctober: absentNovember: absentDecember: absent
TricoJanuary: absentFebruary: absentMarch: absentApril: absentMay: absentJune: absentJuly: peakAugust: absentSeptember: absentOctober: absentNovember: absentDecember: absent
White FlyJanuary: absentFebruary: absentMarch: absentApril: absentMay: absentJune: absentJuly: absentAugust: peakSeptember: absentOctober: absentNovember: absentDecember: absent
CaddisJanuary: absentFebruary: absentMarch: absentApril: absentMay: peakJune: peakJuly: activeAugust: activeSeptember: activeOctober: activeNovember: absentDecember: absent
Light CahillJanuary: absentFebruary: absentMarch: absentApril: absentMay: absentJune: peakJuly: activeAugust: absentSeptember: absentOctober: absentNovember: absentDecember: absent
TerrestrialsJanuary: absentFebruary: absentMarch: absentApril: absentMay: absentJune: absentJuly: activeAugust: peakSeptember: activeOctober: absentNovember: absentDecember: absent
PeakActiveAbsent

Reports

From anglers on Chippewa River

No reports filed here yet. The first one becomes the page’s local knowledge, stamped with the flow at the time. File a report.